IIM Calcutta PG, Doctorate, Certificate Courses 2025

As per the external sources, the highest number of students were placed in the Consulting sector during IIM Calcutta placements 2024. The sector-wise placements of IIM Calcutta for the batch 2024 are tabulated below: 

Note: The above-mentioned data is taken from unofficial online source. It may vary once the final placement report is out.

Earlier, Consulting sector also emerged as the top recruiting that made 40.5% of the total offers during IIM Calcutta placements 2023. The sector-wise offers distribution during IIM Calcutta MBA placements 2023 is presented below:

The sector-wise offers distribution during IIM Calcutta placements 2023 is presented below:  

The course-wise minimum eligibility criteria for admission at IIM Calcutta is mentioned in the following table:

Yes, IIM Calcutta offers several long-term online programmes at the Diploma and certificate level across the streams of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Leadership & General Management and Analytics & Data Science, among others. These courses are carefully designed as per the requirements and needs of the working executives. To take admission, candidate might have to fulfil the required eligibility conditions.

The subjects included in the first term of IIM Calcutta MBA programme are:

• Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Organisational Behavior
• Marketing Management - I
• Microeconomics
• Statistics for Management
• Indian Economic and Political History, Environment and Development
• Qualifying Mathematics
• Managerial Communication - I

As per an unofficial source, admission to the certificate programmes is subject to fulfilment of the eligibility criteria. Aspirants can reach out to the IIM Calcutta admission office to get information related to the admission procedure. Moreover, some certificate courses are available in online mode, hence, details about those courses are available on the platform through which it is offered.

Candidates seeking admission to MBA at IIM Calcutta are required to apply via CAT. Aspirants must check the eligibility requirements before registration. To know steps to apply, application fee, and more, aspirants can check CAT Registration Process.

Moreover, for other courses, candidates may have to apply through the institute's official website. The step-by-step process for form filling is as follows:

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIM Calcutta.

Step 2: Click on 'Apply'.

Step 3: Fill out the required details, such as name, email ID, etc.

Step 4: Upload the required documents.

Step 5: Payment of the application fee.

NOTE: The steps mentioned here present a generic representation of the process.

Yes, IIM Kolkata facilitates placements support to Executive MBA candidates. Many top recruiters from sectors, including Information Technology, Manufacturing, Telecom, Banking, participate in the placement drive. Moreover, some of the top recruiters that made offers were EY GDS, Infosys, HSBC, Accenture, and BCG. For updates and more details about IIM Calcutta Placements, Click Here.

The sector-wise the highest, average and median package offered during IIM Calcutta placements 2023 is presented below:

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For admission to a certificate course offered by IIM Calcutta, the aspirant must meet the minimum eligibility requirements. It may vary from one course to another. As per an unofficial source, the minimum eligibility criteria is that the applicant must be a graduate. In addition, he/she should have passed the qualifying examination with at least 50% aggregate. The documents also have to be presented during application or admission process.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta offers a two-year PGP (also referred to as MBA) as its flagship programme. Apart from this, the institute offers MBAEx, PGPEx-VLM, PGDBA and DPM programmes at the PG and doctoral levels. In addition to this, the institute also offers several long-duration online certificate programmes on a situational basis. Admission to most of the courses is mainly entrance-based. 

Yes, IIM Calcutta offers a two-year residential MBA course in a full-time mode. The selection criteria for this course involve CAT registration, shortlisting based on CAT score, personal interview, writing ability test, points awarded for academic diversity at bachelor's or master's level, and work experience. Moreover, the institute also offers a two-year postgraduate Diploma in business analytics (PGDBA) course. It is a residential course. Candidates seeking admission to this course have to appear for the PGDBA entrance test.

To take admission to MBA programme at IIM Calcutta, aspirants must complete the CAT registration process. After which, selected candidates have to apply through IIM Kolkata website as well. Find below the step-by-step process to register for CAT exam:

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIM Kolkata.

Step 2: Click on "New Registration" and register by entering a few basic details.

Step 3: Login with the ID and fill out the application form.

Step 4: Upload the required documents.

Step 5: Pay the application fee via credit/debit card or net banking.

The list of top recruiters who participated during the recent IIM Calcutta placements 2024 is presented below:

IIM Calcutta admission to most of the courses is entrance-based. Candidates seeking admission to the MBA course need to visit the official website of the Common Admission Test (CAT) to apply online. The final selection is based on candidates' performance in the CAT entrance test, Written Test and Personal Interview. For courses apart from MBA, aspirants can visit the institute’s official website to apply. Aspirants are advised to check out the course-specific eligibility requirements before applying.

The steps involve in the IIM Calcutta MBA admission process:

1. IIM Calcutta Application Process 2024
2. Written Ability Test (WAT)/Personal Interview (PI) Round
3. Declaration of Final Merit List
4. Admission Confirmation

Yes, IIM Calcutta offer one-year residential Executive MBA in a full-time mode. Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements can apply. Applicants must have a valid GMAT score to get selected. IIM Kolkata MBA Ex course fulfils the criteria to be considered as MBA as per the global rankings viz Financial Times. The admission process involves online registration, shortlisting of students based on GMAT score and academic performance along with other criteria, and finally the personal interview round.

Furthermore, the institute also offer postgraduate programme for executives for visionary leadership in manufacturing.

The answer to this question of whether an average student can get into IIM can be both yes and no depending on the definition of an average student.

• Based on Academics (Class 10/ Class 12/ Graduation): While a student with average scores in Class 10, Class 12 and graduation with a good CAT score certainly has good chances of getting a call from IIM-A, chances are less for someone with an average CAT score.
• Based on student category (General or Reserved): While it is tough for a General category average student to grab a seat at IIM due to high score requirements, a reserved category student can get admission being at average scores as well.
• Based on past work experience, diversity and other factors: Gender and academic diversity is also a factor on which students are shortlisted at IIM. IIMs judge the past academic category based on the degree obtained by the students before MBA and then a weightage is allotted based on that. For Engineers, the percentage for scoring the highest marks is higher as compared with other streams
• Performance in selection rounds: Once you make it to the final selection rounds, i.e., AWT/PI process, it can be considered a fresh start. At this stage, students can forget their past average-ness but definitely require good grasp over the past subjects as academics-related questions are asked in the interview.

Based on the above factors, it can be considered that while getting into top Management institutes, such as IIM is extremely tough, the past performance, CAT performance, student category and a lot of factors can be the reasons for a student to receive that final call.

CAT Exam is conducted for admission to IIMs for the MBA course, including IIM Calcutta admissions. The estimated final cutoffs are the basis on which the candidates are called for the interview round. Tabulated below are the estimated CAT 2023 cutoff percentiles for the General category for admission to top IIMs, including IIM Calcutta.

IIM Calcutta is one of the top IIMs in India. At the national level, the institute has been ranked 4 under the 'Management' category by the NIRF Ranking 2023. At the international level, IIM Calcutta has secured rank 3 under the 'Top MBA Colleges in India' category by the IIRF Ranking 2023.